Land south of Captains Wood, Land at Cheesemans Green, Cheesemans Green Lane, Kingsnorth Data via plota.co.uk

OTH/2026/0116 - Non-Material Amendment Approved

Proposal

Non-material amendment to planning permission for Construction of 326 new dwellings with associated access, parking, landscaped areas including a neighbourhood play area, internal roads for the development, details of distributor roads E and F, Waterbrook Link Road, a district play area north of Captain's Wood and surface water drainage measures; to allow changes to the layout of the residential plots, alter the design and layout of apartment Blocks 4, 5 and 9, and to include the addition of earth bunds to the public amenity area within Phases B6-B8. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
22 Jan 2026
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Approved
around 17 Feb 2026

Approved around 17 Feb 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 21 Aug 2026

Documents 24

Plans & drawings 19

PDF EXTERNAL LEVELS SHEET 7 OF 7 - 10905-3306-C2 Plan · 10 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF EXTERNAL LEVELS SHEET 6 OF 7 - 10905-3305-C2 Plan · 10 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Landscape Masterplan - 1436-002N B6-B8 Plan · 10 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Apartment Block 4 Plots 834-849 Ground Floor Plan (Sheet 2 of 2) - 14420-BDG-BLK4-A-1004 C1 Plan · 22 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Apartment Block 4 Plots 834-849 Second Floor Plan (Sheet 1 of 2) - 14420-BDG-BLK4-A-1007 T2 Plan · 22 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Apartment Block 9 Plots 793-801 Rear Elevation - 14420-BDG-BLK9-SK006 P2 Plan · 22 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Apartment Block 9 Plots 793-801 Ground Floor Plan - 14420-BDG-BLK9-SK001 P4 Plan · 22 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Apartment Block 4 Plots 834-849 First Floor Plan (Sheet 2 of 2) - 14420-BDG-BLK4-A-1006 T2 Plan · 22 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Apartment Block 4 Plots 834-849 Second Floor Plan (Sheet 2 of 2) - 14420-BDG-BLK4-A-1008 T2 Plan · 22 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF GENERAL SITE PLAN - 10905-3310-P2 Plan · 22 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Apartment Block 9 Plots 793-801 Side Elevation - 14420-BDG-BLK9-SK007 P3 Plan · 22 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Apartment Block 9 Plots 793-801 Front Elevation - 14420-BDG-BLK9-SK004 P4 Plan · 22 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Apartment Block 9 Plots 793-801 First Floor Plan - 14420-BDG-BLK9-SK002 P4 Plan · 22 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Apartment Block 5 Plots 850-853 First Floor Plan - 14420-BDG-BLK5-A-1003 T1 Plan · 22 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Apartment Block 9 Plots 793-801 Second Floor Plan - 14420-BDG-BLK9-SK003 P4 Plan · 22 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Apartment Block 4 Plots 834-849 First Floor Plan (Sheet 1 of 2) - 14420-BDG-BLK4-A-1005 T2 Plan · 22 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Apartment Block 9 Plots 793-801 Side Elevation - 14420-BDG-BLK9-SK005 P3 Plan · 22 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Apartment Block 4 Plots 834-849 Ground Floor Plan (Sheet 1 of 2) - 14420-BDG-BLK4-A-1003 C1 Plan · 22 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Apartment Block 5 Plots 850-853 Ground Floor Plan - 14420-BDG-BLK5-A-1002 C1 Plan · 22 Jan 2026 View ↗

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Associated applications 3

Site constraints 5

Nutrient neutrality catchment: Stodmarsh SAC/SPA/Ramsar
New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.
Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Cheeseman's Green Farmhouse, Grade II, about 54 m from the postcode pin · 2 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Also on the record
National infrastructure project about 1705 m away: Stonestreet Green Solar.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Ashford
Application type
Non-Material Amendment
Postcode
TN25 7HY
Received
22 Jan 2026
Validated
22 Jan 2026
Ward
Kingsnorth Village & Bridgefield;Mersham, Sevington South with Finberry
Parish
Mersham
Case officer
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Target decision
19 Feb 2026
Decision
Approve with Conditions
Decision date
around 17 Feb 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Last counted 21 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
17 Feb 2026
Ashford
Planning Authority Score
5.9/10
Average
#105 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Ashford is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #75 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (92%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Ashford decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
88%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #147 of 296
92%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #146 of 296
75%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #75 of 296
40%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #146 of 296
71%
Minor dwellings approved
106 decided (1-9 homes)
89%
Major dwellings approved
18 decided (10+ homes)
90%
Change of use approved
40 decided
991
Total decisions
123 refused in the year to March 2026